Information on OpenGL from the Libraries category

3D animation guide - Tutorial on how to produce character animation in OpenGL.

3D Computer Graphics: Programs & Tutorials - OpenGL programs and tutorials

3D Mines - SGI MineSweeper game in OpenGL

3D shaders - Online home of the OpenGL Shading Language (orange) book

3D-Desktop - GNOME Linux OpenGL program for switching virtual desktops in a seamless 3-dimensional manner.

3dengines.net - Overview of 3D engines for games

3DLabs OpenGL Shading Language - OpenGL Shading Language information site

AblazeSpace - OpenGL freeware and open-source games written in VisualC++

Advanced OpenGL Game Development - Advanced OpenGL techniques from the Game Developer Conference 1999.

Ani(mated)-Chess - an OpenGL front end for a CHESSTOOL such as gnuchess.

Apprentice - A free Open Inventor clone.

ATI Developer - SDK's

ATI Developer source code - ATI Render Monkey

Aurora 3D - 3D rendering engine written in OpenGL. Fast scene rendering with per pixel lighting

Axiom - Free open source port of OGRE 3D game engine

Berlin - Windowing system based using CORBA providing a new standard GUI for POSIX systems.

BillardGL - Free OpenGL billiard game for Windows and Linux with sources under GPL licence

Blender - Cross-platform 3D graphics creation suite for modeling

Blue Book (Online) - OpenGL Reference Manual

Bonzai Software - 3D game engine based on the OpenGL API written in C++. Also real-time computer graphics examples using the OpenGL API.

Books on OpenGL and Graphics Programming - Books on OpenGL and graphics programming recommanded by opengl.org

Boson - A real-time Linux strategy game for two players for KDE (Open Source

BuGLe - A tool for debugging applications that use OpenGL.

BZFlag - Free multiplayer multiplatform 3D tank battle game. Irix

Cannon Smash - A free and open source 3D ping-pong game based on OpenGL. (GNU GPL)

CarWorld driving simulator - Small driving simulator/demo with open source code

Cellumat3D - Open source tool for simulating and exploring cellular automata in 3D space

CFXweb - Demo and Game Development: News

Christophe Devine's OpenGL demos - Three nice demos in OpenGL

CodeGuru - Tutorials and source for Visual C++

Cpw - Application framework library for OpenGL applications and games.

Critical Mass - SDL/OpenGL space shoot'em up game

Crystal Space - Free (LGPL) and portable 3D Game Development Kit written in C++

Danger from the Deep - Danger from the deep (aka dangerdeep) is a Free / Open Source World War II german submarine simulation. [Linux / Windows] (C++)

Daniel Lidström's Page - Win32 OpenGL screensaver programming examples.

Delphi 3D - Rapid OpenGL Development - Resource for OpenGL developers who use Delphi. Collection of Delphi-specific OpenGL example programs

Devlib Central - LGPL OpenGL API-based library designed to make multimedia productions easier and more intuitive to write. Compatible with DevCpp and VC7.

DevMaster.net - Game and graphics programming using OpenGL.

Doom Legacy - Port of ID Software's classic Doom game with OpenGL

Doomsday - Win32/Linux source port of Doom

Doris - Lua scripted OpenGL with GUI. Lua is a fast

Druid's GLJournal - Source code examples for OpenGL and OpenGL on Windows.

DSVideoLib - DirectShow Video Processing Library - Free software library for device-independent access video images under Microsoft Windows.

DXF to OpenGL - An OpenGL program

EGLE - The Enhanced OpenGL Engine (EGLE) is a freeware and open source engine based on OpenGL that uses Quake .map and .lmp files.

Exaflop! - The Programmers Resource. Graphics and games programming documentation.

ExoEngine - C

extglgen - Tool to generate an OpenGL library to load and use all OpenGL extension functions up to version 2.0 defined in the SGI glext.h header file.

f00Dave's OpenGL Demos - Programming demonstrations and OpenGL links.

Faktiss Nive 3D Engine - 3d engine for Windows

FlightGear Flight Simulator - Open source flight simulator under GPL licence for Windows

flipCode.com - Graphics and game programming tutorials.

Fly3D - OpenGL based 3D game engine and developement kit with rendering

FooBillard - Free OpenGL billard game for linux

FRAPS - FPS (Frames Per Second)

freeglut - Open source implementation of GLUT with source and binary backwards compatibility.

Frustum - 3D realtime graphics techniques implemented with OpenGL source code

Gamasutra - Feature game development articles: programming

GameDev.Net - Forum dedicated to OpenGL game programming.

GameDev.net - OpenGL articles

gDEBugger - OpenGL debugger - Commercial OpenGL debugger

gewang.com - A site of self-contained opengl samples for teaching opengl and rendering techniques of various levels of difficulty (include well-documented source code).

GizmoSDK - Saab Training Systems AB commercial scene graph

GL-117 Action Flight Simulator - OpenGL and SDL based action flight simulator.

GL2PS - C library for creating high quality vector output (primarily PostScript) from an OpenGL application.

GLaz's Stealth Dimension - OpenGL alghoritms development by Yuriy V. Miroshnik (GLaz): Volumetric Fog - Rendered with this effect object looks like it has been filled by smoke (or other partly transparent material); Bump mapping - technics which allows to render objects with bumped

glChess - A 3D chess interface - An open source 3D chess interface. It uses OpenGL and GtkGLArea (from GTK+) for UNIX platform.

GLdomain.com - Demo scene and game development with OpenGL.

GLE - Tubing and Extrusion API for drawing tubing

GLE32: - GLE OpenGL Library for Windows - OpenGL Tubing and Extrusion (GLE) library.

glean - An open source benchmarking tool used to measure and compare the underlying hardware of OpenGL implementations. (MIT/X Consortium License)

Glest - Free 3d real time strategy project

GLEW - The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library is a tool that helps C/C++ developers initialize extensions and write portable applications on Windows

GLFW - Free

glGUI - Cross-platform API independent GUI

GLIntercept - OpenGL function call interceptor

GLOW - Cross-platform GUI toolkit for interactive OpenGL programs.

glpng - Library for loading PNG graphics as OpenGL textures.

GLProgramming - Focuses on OpenGL programming for beginners.

GLScene - Delphi OpenGL engine including visual components and objects for rendering 3D scenes.

GLT - Portable C++ OpenGL Toolkit including GLUT wrapper and utility classes.

GLTT - Read and draw TrueType fonts in any OpenGL application.

GLU 1.3 - Technical specification of GLU in PDF format.

GLU 1.3 - Technical specification of GLU in PostScript format.

GLU man pages - This is the man pages for GLU (with an HTML verison included) packaged in a .tar.Z file.

GLUI - Open source C++ GUI library for OpenGL programs

GLUT - OpenGL Utility Toolkit - GLUT (pronounced like the glut in gluttony) is the OpenGL Utility Toolkit

GLUT FAQ - Frequently Asked OpenGL Utility Library (GLUT) Questions on opengl.org

GLUT for Win32 - The OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT)

GLX Source Code - The source code to SGI's open source GLX OpenGL X Window binding.

GtkGLArea - An GTK+ GUI library widget for displaying OpenGL renderings.

GtkGLExt - An OpenGL extension to the GTK GUI library.

High Performance OpenGL on nVidia GPUs under Linux - Review of OpenGL features and extensions

Hybrid OpenGL ES Forum - Forum for Hybrid's OpenGL ES implementation (Gerbera).

iDevGames - Forum for the Macintosh OpenGL community.

Image Restoration and inpainting - MinGW

Jahshaka - Realtime Effects - Video and film composting and special FX system that uses OpenGL hardware rendering to give operators near real time interactivity. The system is cross platform

JOGL API Project - Java bindings for OpenGL API with OpenGL 1.5 specification

Khronos Group OpenGL ES Forum - For discussion on OpenGL ES development.

Klimt - Open source 3d library for mobile devices based on OpenGL ES API

Kokak's Doom Page - DoomGL (OpenGL compatible port of Doom) and ZDoomGL (OpenGL port of ZDoom

libGLobs - C++ library for RAD (Rapid Application Development) UNIX/Linux OpenGL games and applications.

LibSpider Engine - A library of useful c++ classes which can be used in making 3d games and applications with OpenGL and GLUT. [Open Source

LWJGL - Lightweight Java Game Library - JAVA API providing access to high performance cross-platform libraries such as OpenGL and OpenAL

mac-opengl - Mailing List for discussion of OpenGL technology on the MacOS.

Marathon - Microsoft's own Open Source Initiative

Mesa - Open source implementation of the OpenGL graphics API.

Mesa for DOS - A port of Mesa to the DOS platform.

MFC & OpenGL - Use of Microsoft Foundation Class Library (MFC) with OpenGL

Michael Gold's OpenGL Page - Source code

Microworld - Fundamental and advanced programming of real-time 3D graphics with OpenGL. Solar System Simulator. OpenGL documentation

miniGL - OpenGL 1.1 support for the Palm Computing platform.

Nate Robins - OpenGL - Coding examples

Neon Helium - Extensive OpenGL programming tutorials and resources.

noeGNUd - Multipurpose user interface. News

Noengine 3D engine - Downloads the Noengine

Nomad Programming - OpenGL Math and Win32 Tutorials

Nutty's OpenGL Forum - Forums for OpenGL and graphics discussion.

NVIDIA - Developer information including SDK

NVIDIA - OpenGL related tools for developers.

NVIDIA OpenGL NVSDK repository - NVIDIA OpenGL software development kit repository : effects

NVIDIA OpenGL Specs - All the NVIDIA OpenGL extension specifications

NVSDK Repository - Whitepapers

NVShaderPerf - Command line utility that reports shader performance metrics. DirectX and OpenGL shaders written in HLSL for NVIDIA GeForce FX GPU

ogl-sample - SGI's OpenGL sample implementation mailing list.

OGRE - C++ Object-oriented Graphics Rendering Engine.

Open Inventor at MeVisLab - Freely downloadable installers of our SGI Open Inventor Windows port with complete source code + patches as well es example models and HTML documentation of the classes.

Open Inventor FAQ - One of the first places you should look when you have a question about Open Inventor. FAQ stands for Frequently Asked Question.

OpenGL - Frequently Asked Questions.

opengl - Qt OpenGL extension

OpenGL ARB - OpenGL Architectural Review Board (ARB) consortium that governs OpenGL.

OpenGL coding tutorials - OpenGL tutorials on opengl.org

OpenGL CSG Rendering - Multi-pass algorithms for rendering volumetric intersection

OpenGL ES - OpenGL low-level API for embedded graphics between software applications and hardware or software graphics engines for embedded systems

OpenGL Extension Registry - A record of OpenGL extensions

OpenGL for 3Dlabs Graphics Hardware - Download page for 3DLabs drivers and related software.

OpenGL for Acorn RISC OS - OpenGL Mesa graphic library for Acorn RISC OS

OpenGL for Apple MacOS - Apple OpenGL page.

OpenGL for ATI Graphics Hardware - Download page for ATI drivers and related software.

OpenGL for C - Provides C

OpenGL for Java - Maps the complete OpenGL 1.2 API and the complete GLU 1.2 API to Java. Implements window handle functions (native and java) with the Java native interface (JNI) or the JDirect interface of MS-JVM.

OpenGL for NVIDIA Graphics Hardware - Download page for drivers

OpenGL for SUN SPARC Solaris OS - OpenGL for SUN Solaris Operating system SPARC platform

OpenGL for Windows by Microsoft - Software implementation of OpenGL for Windows 95.

OpenGL for Windows by Silicon Graphics - Software Development Kit (SDK) provided as a convenience for OpenGL developers and users.

OpenGL Games - An index of commercial

OpenGL Getting Started FAQ - FAQ for begining OpenGL with OpenGL.org

OpenGL Hardware Registry - A registry of all graphics cards and what OpenGL extensions they support.

OpenGL Performance Benchmarking - Overview at www.opengl.org

OpenGL Performance Tips - For optimising application performance.

OpenGL platform and OS implementations - OpenGL.org links to PC and workstation OS implementations (Microsoft Windows

OpenGL Programming in Delphi - Terrain rendering

OpenGL Sample Implementation - SGI open-source OpenGL sample implementation.

OpenGL Shader Designer - A shader development IDE developed for writing vertex and fragment (pixel) shaders in glsl. Freeware editor release

OpenGL Shading Language - OpenGL 1.4 and higher shading programming language

OpenGL Station - Cygwin port of the Nehe OpenGL tutorials.

OpenGL stuff - A variety of interesting OpenGL related material by Paul Bourke.

OpenGL SuperBible - Official homepage maintained by Richard S. Wright Jr.

OpenGL Switcher - A small Windows utility for switching OpenGL driver DLLs back and forth.

OpenGL Technical FAQ - OpenGL developer FAQ and troubleshooting guide

OpenGL Toolkit FAQ - Information about various OpenGL toolkits including GLUT

opengl-gamedev-l - OpenGL game development mailing list.

opengl-newbie - Beginner's mail list for discussing 3D graphics and OpenGL programming.

OpenGL.ORG - The official site for OpenGL information.

OpenGL.org Forums - Official discussion and help forums at OpenGL.org

OpenGL/GLUT Tutorial - A OpenGL and GLUT tutorial using MS Visual C++.

OpenGLtutorial - OpenGL API basics. Introduction to GI21

OpenGLUT - OpenGLUT is an open source project to evolve the GLUT API.

OpenMind 3D engine - Open source 3D game engine coded in Java and OpenGL and designed for games.

OpenML - Open Media Library - Free

OpenRM - An OpenGL scene graph API used for developing high performance and portable 3D/2D/stereo graphics and visualization applications. [Open source

OpenSG - Open source portable scenegraph system to create realtime graphics programs. Runs on IRIX

OpenUniverse - Free space simulator. Currently focusses on the Solar System and lets you visit all of its planets

Ozer's OpenGL Programming Projects - Example programs written in OpenGL.

Panard Vision Realtime 3D Engine - ANSI-C realtime 3D SDK supporting OpenGL

PortaLib3D - Window management

Possible Worlds - subwar / wing Commander - style openGL accelerated 3D game that runs both under Linux and Win 9x / NT / 2k.

POT - Tcl/Tk based interactive tutorial for OpenGL programming

PPE - The Pretty Poly Editor (PPE)

PrBoom - A Doom engine that closely emulates the original game.

ps2gl - Open-source OpenGL-like graphics API for the PlayStation 2.

PyOpenGL - The Python OpenGL binding

pyopengl - Mailing list for discussion of the PyOpenGL package

Real-Time Rendering - Real time rendering book by Tomas Akenine-Möller and Eric Haines

Really Slick Screensavers GLX Port - Port of OpenGL screensavers that were originally written for Windows to GLX. It is intended for use with an existing screensaver daemon like xscreensaver.

Realtech DirectX OpenGL Wrapper - DirectX OpenGL Wrapper emulates API calls thru OpenGL commands and other platform specific commands in order to run DirectX 8 application running on other platform than Windows

Red Book (Online) - OpenGL Programming Guide

RM Scene Graph - Cross-platform

S3D Connector - Online game finder and ELO ladder ranking for Sea3D Windows based 3-dimensional Settlers software.

SciTech MGL - Open-source multi-latform interactive graphics library

SDL OpenGL Tutorials - Documentation

SGI - OpenGL FAQ

SGI OpenGL Website - OpenGL information -- from the creators of OpenGL.

SGL - C++ cross platform 3D scene graph library on top of OpenGL

Shadow Casting Effects - A technique for shadow mapping using a depth buffer from the light's point of view.

Space Invaders OpenGL - OpenGL game with source code available. For Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/X

SPECopc Group - Develops Benchmarks for Systems Based on the OpenGL API.

Stellarium - Free software for Windows and Linux. It produces photo-realistic skies in real time with openGL.

Sulaco - Delphi

Systems in Motion: Coin - Coin is an OpenGL based

Terraform - Free and open source interactive height field (or fractal) terrain generation and manipulation program. OpenGL is used for rendering and for displaying the height field (or fractal) terrain. (GNU GPL)

TGS - Providers of Open Inventor.

The Blue Mango Quest - 3D arcade game written in C/C++ and using openGL. The goal is to extend the pacman-style gameplay. This game runs both on Linux and win32 platforms and is released under the GPL License.

The Code Project - Free source code and tutorials for OpenGL on Windows.

The Nebula Device 2 - Realtime 3D game/visualization engine

The Omicron Engine Project - Multipurpose 3D game engine for Windows and GNU/Linux using OpenGL (graphic API) and OpenAL (audio API). Uses a scene graph.

The SphereXP - 3D desktop replacement for Microsoft Windows XP

The Ur-Quan Masters - Multi-platform port based on the now public-domain source-code of Star Control II.

TinyGL - Small

Titan Project - A game engine using OpenGL that is able to render Quake3 maps and supports most Quake3 features such as quadric bezier surfaces

Tux Racer - An Open Source project in which the user takes the form of Tux (the Linux Mascot) and races downhill through alpine trails.

Tuxedo T. Penguin: A Quest for Herring. - A free and open source 3D game

UFO - High level platform-independent GUI for 3D programming with OpenGL.

Universe Generator System - Full featured

Utah-GLX - An open source hardware accelerated implementation of GLX. (BSD License)

Vega Strike - Describes space simulation in which players trade and bounty hunt. Includes features

Vincent 3-D Rendering Library for Mobile Devices - Vincent is an open source project for developing a compliant software implementation of OpenGL ES for mobile devices. The initial target platform is Windows Mobile devices (PocketPC

Win32 port of Open Inventor - A Win32 port of SGI's Open Inventor by Gerd Hesina.